Secret Society

AUTHOR(S)

Gessen, Masha

PUB. DATE

March 2004

SOURCE

New Republic;3/22/2004, Vol. 230 Issue 10, p14

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Offers a look at politics in Russia as of March 22, 2004. Appointment of Mikhail Fradkov as President Vladimir Putin's new prime minister; Reaction of the United States' media; Fear of government repression that is driving Russians to seek political asylum in industrialized countries; Background information on Fradkov; Time Fradkov spent as the head of the Russian tax police; Role of Fradkov in privatizing numerous companies in 1994 and 1995; Popularity of Putin despite problems with the government's policies.

ACCESSION #

12515486

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